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Category: Social Causes
The Peace Train Summer Tour comes to an end
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SHARON KATZ AND The Peace Train have been singing across America all summer and their journey has finally come to an end. The Peace Train had its final summer performance in Philadelphia on Aug. 7th at 4 pm at the Great Plaza at Penn’s…
Barbara Collins and Marsha Wallace, Philanthropists
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Barb Collins and Marsha Wallace, two amazing, inspirational and committed women. They are the co-founders of Dining for Women, the largest educational giving circle that connects people in the West with projects supporting women and girls living in extreme poverty in the developing world. Thanks to their tireless efforts and drive to make the world a better place, Dining for Women has 8,000 grassroots members in just about every state and 6 countries, who meet in home and community-based chapters. Members donate what they would have spent dining out. Since it's founding in 2003, DFW has raised more than 5 million dollars. Marsha and Barb will 'blow you away!'
Alexis Okeowo, Journalist
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What's it like working as a foreign correspondent? You're about to find out. Alexis Okeowo spent a good part of her career in Nigeria, Uganda and Mexico freelancing for various publications/organizations, including the New York Times Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Financial Times and the international news agency, Agence France-Press. Alexis, who joined the New Yorker as a staff writer in 2015, is working on a book: A Moonless, Starless Sky: Womoen and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa. She shares the challenges and rewards of global reporting as a woman in what's typically thought of as a man's world.
Carrie Rich named Social Responsibility Award winner in Mid-Atlantic by EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2016
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CO-FOUNDER AND CEO of the The Global Good Fund, Carrie Rich, has received the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2016 Award in the Social Responsibility category in the Mid-Atlantic region. The Global Good Fund is…
Agunda Okeyo, Comedian
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Born in Nairobi and raised in both Kenya and New York City, Agunda Okeyo describes herself as a Pan-African New Yorker. A writer, producer, filmmaker and activist, Agunda is the creator and force behind the monthly production of "Sisters of Comedy: at Caroline's on Broadway. It's a 'who's who' of black women in stand-up. Agunda's written about race, gender, politics, culture and film for numerous publications including Salon, The Daily Beast, Indiewire's Women and Hollywood blog. This year she produced a benefit show supporting an Equal Rights Amendment aimed at assuring gender equality and also in 2016, was named a Progressive Women's Voices Fellow with the Women's Media Center.